Holder or case for phonograph-records and other flat articles.



A. Gf HAEELY.

HOLDER 0R GASE FOR PHONOGRAPH RECORDS AND OTHER FLAT ARTICLES.

APPLICATION FILED'HAR-16,1909.

Patented Aug. 17. 1909. i 2 SHEETS-SHEET 1.,

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l APPLICATION FILED MAB..16,1909.

Patented Aug. 17; 1909.

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ALFRED t). HAFELY, Ol" NEW YORIQN. Y.

HOLDER 0R CASE FOR PHONOGRAIPH-RECORDS AND OTHER FLATARTICLES.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Aug. 17, 1909.

Application led March 16, 1909. Serial No. 483,676.

'Flat Articles, et' which the following is a specification,

l'lolde'rs or cases of various kinds have heretofore bee made to receive letters, bills, documents, etc. Holders or cases have been niade where the pockets were narrowest near the inner edges of the divisions and widest at the outer or ent 'ance apertures, but in thisl structu-re articles would bind and be pinched at the narrow part. and it has therefore been ditiicult to readily remove or replace the sa1ne and the object of my'inven tion is to provide a spacing device of predetermined and fixed proportions, thus insuring the capacity ot' the pocket of the case or holder with particular reference to the articles the same are intended to receive.

In the device of my invention, I provide a plurality of divisional sheets :and bellowsfolded sheets or devices connecting the respcctive outer edges of said divisional sheets,

and devices connected to the inner surfaces of the sheets near the bottomedges :tor maintaining the sheets a` predetermined distance apart. The thickness of these sheets and the predetermined distance at which they maintain the divisional sheets apart bears a direct relation to the articles to be received tention that these spacing devices shall be slivhtly thicker than the phonograph recor s or other flat articles to be received between the divisional sheets so that the articles to be received may be readily inserted and removed and also so that when in position they shall not be clamped or held with force at any point, and I prefer in connection with these parts to employ a holder of covers, a back and aphinged flap and also side braces; the object of the side braces being to keep the covers apart :and the divisional sheets spread at their entrance opening, with the bellows si'desainider some tension, and I prefer to form the hinged'iiaps of two rigidly connected members at right angles to one another forming a support. for raising one edge of the case into an inclined position, and also a record upon which may be stated an index of the articles received between the divisional sli/eets, all of which is hereinafter more particularly described.

In the drawing, Figure l-is a perspective view representing the holder or case of my invention in a compact and closed condition. Fig. 2 is a side elevation representing the holder or case opened np and occnpyin-g an inclined position and spread apart by the si'dc braces. Fig. A3 is a plan view of Fig. 9., showing the parts as opened up. Figs. 4, 5 and o' of exaggerated size for. clearness repet ges of the divisional sheets forms of my invention.

a and b represent the .covers of the case or holder, and c a back of suitable character connecting the same at corresponding edges.

al Z1 represent the hinged rigid flap connected to one of the covers as b along one edge and adapted to reach from the connected edge with the cover l) over' the diiisional sheets to the corresponding edge of the cover ft and to overlap the same; the parts LZ (Z1 being at right angles to one another and by preference rigidly connected, so that the relation of the parts is always maintained at this right angle, and I have shown a lock c for securing the flap to the cover a. l' Y e1 represents on one side a pair ofl brace arms respectively pivoted to the covers a and b and together, and adapted when the holder is opened into the position Fig. 9. to stretch across into a straight line and hold the divisional sheets in a separated condition.

I prefer as will appeal' from Fig. 3, to prepare the inner surface 0i' thetiap memberrll with spaces and numbers, the same agreeing with the number ct pockets between-14 the divisional sheets so that thereon can be written as illustrated in 'Fig'. 3, the; names of the records or other articles received in the pockets formed by the dii'fiisional sheets and their bellows sides.

f represents a plurality of divisional sheets all ot the same size adapted' in the closed position of the holder or casete he in parallel adjacent' planes. (See Figs. l, 4 and 5). The opposite outer edges of these provided with bellows folds, and I have shown and prefer toemp t paper over the surfacesY of the dlvisional resent by cross sectional views at the bottom v Adivisional heets are connected by sheets g g1 loy linings f1 ofv the bottom edges of the divisional sheets and in Figs. 4- and 5 I have shown forms of my invention with reference to these divisional sheets f and kthe strips L. In Fig. t these strips h are shown as connected to similar faces of the sheets f but disconnected from the adjacent face ot' the opposite sheet, and in this forni of my invention I have shown a flexible hinge strip 'a' as connected to the outer face tit' the first divisional sheet and extending across the bottom edges of the several divisional sheets, and secured thereto and lto the outer faces of the parts it. This strip in the nature ot a hinge holds these parts in a close relation when the case is \either closed or open, preventingany opening up tendency between the part-s.

`In the form of myy invention shown iii Fig. 5, I dispense with the hinge strip z' and secure one opposite edge ot' each of the strips h to the surface oit the divisional sheet-s f as shown in Fig. t and in lieu of thev liexible hinge strip 1i employ a cord l passing through the sheets f and strips it, the

ends thereof being secured in any desired manner.

In the form of my invention shown in Fig.

I (5, the divisional sheets f eaclrliave narrow strips r secured to their opposite surfaces near their bottom edges, and which strips in thcir'combined thickness are about equalvto the thickness of the single strips 71, Figs. 4: and 5. The free faces of these strips come into contact and II employ the flexible hinge strip z' in this form of my invention as in that shown in Fig. 4. I l

The strips L employed for spacing apart the sheets are comparatively small in proportion to the height of the divisional sheets between their bottom and top edges, and the construction shown in Fig. 5 is one quite possible of realization for this reason. These strips k may be of any desired material; they'are preferably made of wood and are slightly thicker between their connected faces than the thickness of a phonograph record or similar article to be received in the holder or case, and consequently it is impossible for the record to pass below the upper edge of the strip and it is also impossible when the ease or holder is open for the record to be pinched at any place, and it may be removed and inserted with equal facility.

I claim as my invention:

1. As a new article of manufacture, a

holder for phonograph records or articles of.

predetermined'thickness, consisting of covers and intermediate divisional .sla-ets and bellows-folded devicesconnecting said sheets at opposite sides, strips o't predetermined thickness connected io the surfaces of said sheets near theA bottom and a hinge strip extending over and connecting the bot'- tome .1.

2.45 a new article of manufactnre` a holder lf'or similar articles of a given thickness, consisting of aco'vcr or'case, interior `gusset members comprising divisional partitions" a'iid'expansible'bellows sides therefor,

stripsiintcrposed between said partitions and secured ythereto near the bottoin-`etlges for spacing said kpartitions apart the thickness ol said strips,rand a flexiblel hinged portion extending over the bottoiiiedges of said par titions and secured thereto for holding said partitions in an intimate' clamped relation as spaced apart. j

A receptacle for talking machine records or other articles having a given or predetermined thickness, comprising connected covers, side supports or bracest'or the"pur pose of separating the covers apart and means for sustaining' the covers at the de- 4. A receptacle forgtalking machine rec-` f ords or other articles having a givenor predetermined thickness, coinprising connectedA covers, side supports or braces for the purpose ot separating the covers apart, a series oispa'ced apart partitions, expansible gussets or bellows-devices secured to the res ective oppositeedgesof said partitions an se ries of inflexible spacing strips .secured to said partitions near their bottom edges for the purpose of maintaining them in a fixedl relation to one another and'spaeed apart a lpredetermined distance, and a'flap lcomposed of tivo parts rigidly connected and atl right angles to one another forming an easel support for elevating, one edge of' the ease or holder tothe desired inclination. V y y Signed lly inetliis 5 tlrdayot vlarcli 1905)( A. (l. l-AFICLY. 

